Good! All Metro track maintenance should be done during non-operational hours! Were it a real transit system that wasn't mismanaged by idiots, then we'd have to talk about how to not interrupt 24/7 service. But that's obviously not an issue with the worst managed transit system in our Nation; ours!

"Worst managed system in our nation"? What is that based on? Considering it is the second most heavily used Metro system in the U.S., I think it works pretty well, and it's a lot cleaner than most. I lived in NYC for five years and my local station was closed almost every weekend for the entire time for "track repairs"; Metro doesn't hold a candle to that.

To AnonPoster - it's not current management, it's the fact that the system was built on the cheap to begin with. How many systems have been built, like Metro, without maintenance tunnels? No amount of management is going to cure the real reason the system is rubbish.

The managers who decided to schedule maintenance on the Red Line over the last three weekends should be riding the train with everyone else. That way, they would experience the massive delays the thousands of locals and tourists have had to deal with.

And the managers who decided 4 car trains after 8:00 PM on week nights would be sufficient should be riding those trains as well. The massive influx of tourists, coupled with the longer waits for the next train essentially make those 4 car trains human sardine cannisters.

I absolutely agree that Metro decision-makers should be required to use the system. And not just every once in a while on a fun little field trip - every day, twice a day at least - to commute to and from work.